Total Crime Rate
154.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Irvine Crescent area has the 8th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Chineham , and the 54th highest crime rate of 574 local areas in Basingstoke and Deane .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Irvine Crescent (RG24 9TS) in the last 12 months was 154.2 per 1,000 residents and was 219.8% higher than the Chineham average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Irvine Crescent (RG24 9TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Browning Close, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tewkesbury Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Popley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gilbert Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tobago Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bermuda Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bermuda Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bermuda Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bermuda Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pershore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Popley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Popley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pershore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pershore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Malta Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Browning Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Browning Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pershore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Messner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmund Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dryden Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bourdillon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourdillon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourdillon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourdillon Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Irvine Crescent | Under investigation |
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